Demi Lovato Will Provide Free Therapy for Concertgoers During Her 2018 Tour

For Demi Lovato, the fight to destigmatize mental illness never stops—even as she prepares to embark on a two-month-long, 20-date North American tour with DJ Khaled. During an appearance on Good Morning America on Wednesday, the "Tell Me You Love Me" singer revealed that, once again, she'll be bringing CAST Centers, the treatment and wellness program she previously attended and now co-owns, on tour with her to provide free group therapy sessions to concertgoers.

"It's important that I use my voice for more than just singing, and I just know how important it is to use my platform to help others and to share my story in hopes it inspires people to either get into recovery or better themselves. Whatever it is, I just want people to know they're not alone and I'm here for them," she told host Robin Roberts. "I think it's very important to take away the stigma of mental illness. I actually have bipolar disorder, and I'm very open about that because I think that mental health affects so many people and we need to take the stigma away from it."

To do that, Lovato and the rest of the CAST Centers team are organizing wellness sessions before each show during the tour, which kicks off in San Diego on February 26 and ends in Tampa on March 31. The sessions are free to anyone at least 16 years old with a concert ticket; those interested should sign up at CASTonTour.com. "It's basically like a therapy session before the concerts, and we have speakers from all over, and we're also helping out with different charities from around the country, so it'll be incredible and a very moving and inspiring experience," Lovato said, adding that they'll team up with a different mental health charity in each city of the tour to donate funds and raise awareness.

Lovato previously brought CAST on tour with her during her 2016 Future Now tour with Nick Jonas. "It was such an incredible experience the last time we did this on tour," she told Roberts. "I've actually met people that go to CAST because they went to CAST on tours and realized they needed to get sober or they needed to better themselves in some other way, and it's changed lives, and I want to be able to do that again." She added, "My whole life, you know, is about giving back, and I think it's really important that I continue to do this while I'm on tour."

The 25-year-old hasn't shied away from opening up about her struggles with mental health. Not only has she shared several steps of her ongoing eating disorder recovery with her fans on social media, but she also spoke candidly about her sobriety in her recent YouTube documentary Simply Complicated. "I'm on a journey to discover what it's like to be free of all demons," Lovato, who celebrated five years of sobriety in a powerful Instagram post in March 2017, said in the doc.